The Guild Of Mind Sports Arbiters:
Who are we?
All competitive sport relies on sets of rules to ensure fairness. A marathon is always 26.2 miles, regardless of where it is staged. Trained referees ensure rules are followed in team sports such as football. The same principle applies to mind sports.
The Guild of Mind Sports Arbiters (GOMSA) was founded to provide an independent, trusted network of qualified arbiters for mind sports. As an association, GOMSA works with the world governing bodies of various mental sports to ensure standards are maintained in National and World events. Its role is to train, raise standards, provide qualifications and professional development for its members, and enable the results and scores of more mental challenges to be independently verified and accepted.
The main expertise is in memory championships, with which GOMSA personnel have over 26 years of experience. Other mind sports for which GOMSA can officiate include Chess, GO, Bridge, competitive Mind Mapping, Creativity, Speed Reading, IQ, Multiplayer Board Games, card games, strategy games, poker, draughts, mental calculations, scrabble, backgammon, Mahjong, Renju, Shogi and Xiangqi.
GOMSA welcomes all candidates interested in mind sports to apply to be members and provides training and pre-qualification testing.